In a post from a few days ago, I noticed that someone mentioned that they were afraid to post about their dislike of the Tudor BB58 for fear of downvoting. You know what? The BB is a boring watch that’s not worth the money, and Tudor wouldn’t be half as popular as it is without the connection to Rolex. If Rolexes were as attainable as they were in past years, cut that by a factor of 10. Would you really buy a BB if the reality were that you could just save a little bit more and get a Rolex Submariner? That’s my hot take. What’s yours?
I was a hater, and I even didn’t like in the store on wrist at first. BUT I gave it a second chance on wrist months later, and it kind of won me over. I still had my reservation, but I decided to give it try with plans to sell it once honeymoon period was over. A year and half later, I hate that I love it and it’s part of my permanent collection now.
I think the big hurdle was to see past the integrated watch hype and the idea that PRX is a budget option for that category. Once I started seeing the watch as its own thing without the hype baggage I started to like it much more. It’s an automatic sports watch that wears thinner than it should, catches light beautifully, and has the specs to handle daily wear.